Peaceful unification was a religious notion, a Christian utopia.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

That choice boils down to an unbearable cynicism or a totalitarian utopia.

At New Lanark and at later communities such as Oneida in the USA and the New Australia Movement in Australia, groups of people came together to create utopian or intentional communities, with mixed success.

I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

We must break that vicious circle and establish a virtuous circle that ensures a more promising future for the affected countries.

Now, my daughter, don't be afraid I will do to you all that you say for all the city of my people does know that you are a worthy woman.

Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

And now, my daughter, fear not I will do to thee all that thou requirest for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

Yet there are among those We have created people who lead ( others ) to the truth , and act justly in its light

And from Our creation is a group that shows the truth and establishes justice with it .

Of those We created are a nation who guide by the truth , and by it act with justice .

And of those whom We have created there is a community guiding others with truth and acting justly according thereto .

And of those whom We have created , there is a community who guides ( others ) with the truth , and establishes justice therewith .

Among those We created is a community they guide by truth , and do justice thereby .

And of those whom We have created there is a party who guide men through the truth and act justly according to it .

And of those whom We created there is a nation who guide with the Truth and establish justice therewith .

Among those We have created are a nation who guide by the truth and do justice thereby .

Among those whom We created there is a nation who guide with the truth and with it they are just .

And among those We created is a community which guides by truth and thereby establishes justice .

Among Our creatures are a group who guide and judge with the Truth .

And of those whom We have created are a people who guide with the truth and thereby they do justice .

Of those We have created there are some who give true guidance and act justly .

Of those We have created are people who direct ( others ) with truth . And dispense justice therewith .

because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.

Led by peasant born Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge evacuates people to the countryside in order to create a rural communist utopia, much like Mao Tse tung's Cultural Revolution in China.

But what they practice as do s by way of altruism is surely a matter of what they consider virtuous to spend their money on.

But are civil, political, and human rights enough to ensure the strength and survival of democracies? Are today's democracies virtuous enough to rally the energies including self sacrifice needed to defeat their enemies?

Over the last two decades, almost every other plank of the Communist Party's platform (world wide people's war, proletarian struggle leading to a classless utopia, a triumph over global capitalism, etc.), has been abandoned.